Weighing and price calculating device

ABSTRACT

A device for weighing commodities, for automatically calculating the price of the weighed commodity on the basis of a tariff, and for printing out the end price and weight on a ticket to accompany the commodity. The device is equipped for a quick and foolproof adaption to a change of commodity, and by a special combination of memories and code selector switches provides a versatile instrument for rounding up calculated values, to conversion to different currency systems, for summing and storing selected signals, and for modifying the weight/price tariff.

Stambera et al.

v United States A Patent [191 Nov. 26, 1974 WEIGIIING AND PRICE CALCULATING DEVICE Inventors: Adolf Stambera, Dinkelsbuhlstr. 11,

Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt; Eberhard Schmid, Beethovenstrasse 14, Schwieberdingen, both of Germany Filed:

Dec. 14, 1972 Appl. N0.: 315,120

Related US. Application Data Continuation-impart. of Ser, No, 87,570, Nov. 6, 1970, abandoned.

US. Cl. 235/6l.9 R, 177/26, 235/61 PS, 235/151.33 Int. Cl... G06k 15/02, GO-lg 23/16, G06f 15/20 Field of Search..... 235/619 R, 61.7 R, 61.6 R,

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Williams, Jr. et a1 .5235/15133 Bell et a1 235/151.33

3,393,302 7/1968 Cichanowicz et a1 235/15l.33 3,557,353 1/1971 Allen et a1. 235/151.33 3,635,297 1/1972 Salava 235/151.33

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1. A weighing and price calculating device comprising a weigher, a calculator connected to said weigher and adapted to receive signals therefrom corresponding to the weights of goods passed to said weigher, a data distributor connected to said calculator, and a printer coupled to said data distributor for printing out signalled weights and prices calculated therefrom on to labels to accompany the weighed goods; the improvement which includes a first memory connected to the weigher, for receiving a series of digits representing the weight of the goods on the weigher; a second memory in which is stored a series of digits representing the price per unit weight of the material being weighed; a sensing device positioned adjacent to the weigher and adapted to generate an output electrical pulse when the goods are moved away from the weigher; a calculator coupled to said first and second memories for multiplying the weight of the goods with the price per unit weight; a control circuit connected to said sensing device for actuation to start a multiplication sequence when said electrical pulse is received; said calculator adapted to provide a price for the goods in digit form and to apply the price to an output circuit; and a printer coupled to the calculator output circuit for printing the price of the goods on the label.
 2. A weighing and price calculating device comprising a weigher, a calculator connected to said weigher and adapted to receive signals therefrom corresponding to the weights of goods passed to said weigher, a data distributor connected to said calculator, and a printer coupled to said data distributor for printing out signalled weights and prices calculated therefrom on to labels to accompany the weighed goods; the improvement which includes a first memory connected to the weigher, for receiving a series of digits representing the weight of the goods on the weigher; a second memory in which is stored a series of digits representing the price per unit weight of the material being weighed; a third memory in which is stored a series of symbols indicating the address of a purchaser; a sensing device positioned adjacent to the weigher and adapted to generate an output electrical pulse when the goods are moved away from the weigher; a calculator coupled to said first and second memories for multiplying the weight of the goods with the price per unit weight; a control circuit connected to said sensing device for actuation to start a multiplication sequence when said electrical pulse is received; said calculator adapted to provide a price for the goods in digit form and to apply the price to an output circuit; and a printer coupled to the calculator output circuit for printing the price of the goods on a label.
 3. A weighing and calculating device according to claim 1 whereby said third memory includes a series of punched data cards, said cards available for manual insertion into said printer for printing the address contained in the selected card on the goods.
 4. A weighing and price calculating device according to claim 1 wherein said printer includes a slot for depositing printing plates, each printing plate carrying the name of a commodity.
 5. A weighing and price calculating device according to claim 1 wherein the calculator includes two multiplying circuits which operate independently of one another, each of said circuits coupled to a comparator circuit for checking the products of the multiplying circuits. 